Fruit-press charger.



W. H. MYERS. FRUIT PRESS QZTARGER. APPLICATION FILED 1m. 11, 1912.

Patented Aug. 4, 19m

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FRUIT-PRESS CHARGER.

l Ll fill a To uZl whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, WVILL'IAM H. MYERS, a citizen oi" the [*nited States, residing at i -loiinltlinl'on, in the county of Rockingliani and State of Virginia, have invented new and uscl'ul improvements in hmitlrnss (in germ. ol' which the following is a specililfzllll),

The invention relates generally to an improvement in machines for charging fruit ,Hlllfiifn' and particularly to a means for supporting: the form whereby the latter may be conveniently shifted from one position to the other when necessary wilhin a minimum of time and labor.

in t pi 'eacnt type of charger for fruit pro it Well understood that the form is applied for the building up of a proper layer of the,fruit, their lifted to the upper position to permit the application of the rack, then reapplied toagain build up a layer of Fruit and so on until a sullicient number of layers have been made up.

in the present type ofcharger the form is manually lifted to the top of the guide frame and hooked in such position after eueli laye formation, and this requiresconsiilcra operator.

ll; is; the object of the present invention to so connect the form and mount it for counterbalanced movement that it may be readily' shifted from operative to inoperative po-aition or vice versa with one hand and without particular attention on the part of the opcracor, thereby materially reducing a very romi:lcra iile item of labor and time in making: up fruit layers for the press.

The invrntiou in its preferred form of dolailz-i will be described in the following specification. reference being had to the acccnipauyirur drawings, in which? Figure l is a side View oi a port-ion of the trail. ii-ms: charger illustrating my improveiui. l ipy. '2, is an enlarged broken end ele- A in of lhe some. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical ,it'PilGll of the some. Fig. 4: is a crow; section on ihe line 4".""l' of Fig. 3.

inferring lo the accompanyinc, drawings, thc pm ent improvement is designed for coniwi ion with that end of the press carry hug the guide frame 1 which, as well known, includes guide bars 2 and 3 the form of which is rahbeted at 4 to serve for coiipera- 'tion with the edge of the fruit form 5 to Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1912.

0 time and labor on the part of the,

llotented Aug. 4, 1914.

Serial No. 786,165.

accurately position the latter in each succcssive application thereof so that the fruit may be arranged in properly superimposed layers.

In connection with Fig. 1 and to identify the location of the improvement, I have shown conventionally a portion of the usual elevator A and grinder B, from which latter the fruit is delivered to the press or carriers 0 through a flexible chute D.

In applying my improvement thereto I secure to cross bars 6 of such guide frame uprights 7 forming what will be hereinafter termed truck bars. Guido bars 8 are secured to the form 5 at their lower :ends by any preferred connection preferabl by forming said guide bars of metal and ending their lower ends at right angles to form arms 9 which may be securely fastened to the ledge of the form. Connection between the guide bars 8 and form is such that while the guide burs remain vertical the form is atvall times horizontal, as clearly shown the drawlogs. The guide bars are of considerable length and at their uppemends, it being understood that there are two of said guide Jan's, one at each end of the form, said guide bars cooperate with groove rollers 10- secured to an appropriate port of the press, frame, so that said guide bars are accurately guided in vertical position at alltimes. The lower ends of the guide burn, or those ends adjacent the form, are provided with guide rollers 11 which at all times baarupon- -glie track bars 7, so that the form is accurately 90 guided in its vertical movement, Y

Secured. to tlieguidc bars 8 preferably at points adjacent the lower ends thereof are endless sprocket chains 12 which pass over upper and lower sprocket wheels 13 anclll secured to a propriate oints of the frame preferuhl a vow and he ow the extreme positions o' the form in use. The, chains 12 are provided with counterbalanced weights 15 which practically counterbalance the weight of the parts on the opposite side of y the chain, so that the form when moved to any position will be held in such position by the counterbalanced weights.

In operation, theform by reason of its connection to the guide rods 8 is maintained at all times in a horizontal position .und by the chain connection and counterbalance weights may be readily moved to its up ermost or inoperative position or to its owpletely lifting the frame through the manual exertion of the operator and securing it inoperative position is avoided, the frame remaining by the present improvement at all times in proper position to be conveniently lowered and accurately positioned by the simple act of lowering, the return of the form to inoperative or elevated position res quiring merely a slight upward pull or pressure.

The invention avoids the loss of time re quired in the handling of the frame necessary under previous-conditionsand in this particular alone materially reduces the time required in making up the desired number of fruit layersand, therefore, will increase the daily output as compared with that of previous constructions.

What is claimed is:

1. A charger for fruit press including a form and a. counterbalance connected with the form to hold the latter in any set position.

2. A charger for fruit press including a form, means for guiding the form in move ment and a counterbalance for the weight of the form.

3. A charger for fruit press including a form, means for guiding the form, to maintain a horizontal position of the latter in movement and a count rbalance for the Weight of the form,

4. A charger for fruit press including a form, guide bars connected to and movable with the form and serving to maintain a horizontal position of the form, carrier chains connected with the form and counterbalance weights carried by said chains.

5. A charger for fruit press including a form and guide frame therefor guide bars connected to the form to maintain the horizontal position of the latter, chains connented to the guide bars, rollers over which said chains are arranged to travel and counterbalance weights carried by the chains.

6. A charger for-,fruit presses including a form, means for guiding the form in move ment, said means preventing tilting of the fornn and a counterbalance for the form.

7. A charger for fruit presses including a form, means connected thereto for guiding the form in the vertical-plane in movement, the connection between said means and form serving to maintain the latter horizontal under all conditions, and a counterbalance for the weight of the frame in movement,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. .e

I WILLIAM H! MYERS. Witnesses:

HoMER 0. Hanna, Jncon C. MYERS. 

